Every empire eventually falls.

Even when you're acting with a producing hat, when you're in every scene, you're really conscious of trying to make everybody as good as they are, because ultimately you're trying to make the best movie possible.

Basketball is great; no one in Europe seems to believe just how close the spectators can sit to the players.

That's why I'm such a big sports fan, with sports you can never guess what's gonna happen. Most movies you get halfway through and you can kind of guess the ending.

The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.

It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.

Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.